Awning shutter



AWNING SHUTTER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 4, 1966 INVENTOR BENJAMINH.5Lu5552, d2.

ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,367,066 AWNING SHUTTER Benjamin H.Slusser, Jr., West Hollywood, Fla, assignor to Hurr-I-Cane AwningShutter Co., Inc., Hialeah, Fla., a corporation of Florida Filed Feb. 4,1966, Ser. No. 525,027

2 Claims. (Cl. 49-71) I ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An awning shutterhingedly connected to the wall of a building above a window openingtherein. Springs tend to normally bias the awning to an open or extendedposition. A rod extends transversely of the awning at the inner sidethereof, the rod being hung between fulcrum links hinged at one end tothe awning and having their other ends attached to the rod. Linkspivotally attach the rod to brackets mounted on the wall of thebuilding. A flexible chain passes through an aperture in the wall andcan be held against longitudinal movement through the aperture by meansof a hook on its end that is engaged between the links so that when thehook is thus engaged and the chain held against movement, the awningwill be held in lowered or closed position in opposition to its springbias.

This invention relates to an awning type shutter for overlying a windowopening and having a vertical swinging arc toward and from the windowopening.

The invention further comprises an awning shutter that is hingedlyconnected to the outer side of a wall of a building and above a windowopening and with means carried by the shutter whereby to automaticallyelevate the shutter to a raised or open position and with flexible meansconnected to the shutter and that extends through an opening in the wallof the building whereby the shutter may be pulled down to coveringengagement with the wall opening and fastened in such position by a hookwithin the building.

Novel features of construction and operation of the device will be moreclearly apparent during the course of the following description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings wherein has beenillustrated a preferred form of the device and wherein like charactersof reference are employed to denote like parts throughout the severaldrawings.

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a vertical sectional view through an awning shutter showingthe shutter in an open position,

FIGURE 2 is a similar view but with the shutter in a partially closedposition,

FIGURE 3 is a similar view, but with the shutter in the fully closed oroverlying position with respect to a wall opening, and

FIGURE 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on line 4-4 ofFIGURE 3.

Referring specifically to the drawings and particularly FIGURES 1, 2 and3, there has been provided a wall 5, of conventional construction,having an opening 6 that may be a conventional window opeing and withthe window being omitted. Fixed to the outer side of the wall 5, at apoint above the window opening 6, is a rail 7, having a curved forwardend 8. The rail 7 extends fully across the window opening 6 and slightlybeyond the ends thereof.

Connected to the rail 7, within the curved end 8, is an extended rollend 9, of an awning shutter, indicated as a whole by the numeral 10. Theshutter 10 is provided with a sheet metal top 11, that is arcuatelyformed at its outer end, as indicated at 12. The shutter 10 is alsoprovided at its opposite ends with Wall sections 13.. The shutter 10 atits open lower end is formed straight, as shown at 14 and in theoverlying relation with respect to the opening 6, the straight portionof the end walls 13 fully contact the outer face of the wall 5 to fullycover the opening 6.

Bars or links 15 are hingedly connected to brackets 16 that are fixed tothe outer side of the wall 5 and whereby the bars 15 constitute fulcrummeans for the shutter 1'0.v The bars 15 are connected at their outerends by a rod 17 and the rod 17 at its outer ends is connected tofulcrum arms 18 and the arms 18 are pivotally connected to the ends 13,of the shutter 10, as indicated at 19. The rod 17 thus has connectionwith the fulcrum arms 18 adjacent the inner ends of the shutter and alsointermediate the length of the shutter and the intermediate arm 18 isconnected to a rib 20, corrresponding in shape and size to the ends 13of the shutter.

Fixed to the underside of the top 11, of the shutter 10 adjacent eachend wall 13, are brackets 21, to which is hooked or otherwise connectedat 22, coil springs 23. The coil springs at their opposite ends arehooked, as at 24, to embrace the rod 17 and whereby to bias the rod 17to and from a swinging movement of the shutter 10 to cover the windowopening 6.

Fixedly connected, as at 25, to the curved portion 12 of the shutter 10,are flexible elements 26, in the form of link chains, that override thebars 17 and that extend downwardly to pass through apertures 27 of thewall opening 6, adjacent the bottom of the opening. The chains 26constitute the means for pulling the awning to a closure position withrespect to the openings 6 and is held in such closed position by hooks28, carried by the free ends of the chains and with hooks 28 engagingwithin any selected link of the chain 26 thus, the awning may be closedtightly against the outer face of the wall by merely pulling the chainsfrom the inside until the awning is in a fully covering position andthen having the hooks 28, engaging a selected link of the chain toprevent the awning from swinging upwardly.

In the use of the device the parts being assembled, as indicated in theseveral figures of the drawings and with the awning being rotatablysupported in the rail 7, permits the awning to freely swing in avertical plane and controlled basically by the chains 26, to a closureposition or, when the chains are released, the springs 21, bi s the rod17 upwardly and through the fulcrum arms 18, the awning is swung to anopening position, as illustrated in FIGURE 1. When the awning is to beswung to a closure position, the chains at each side of the awning arepulled inwardly through the apertures 27 and pressurizing the awningdownwardly, against the tension of the springs 21 and locked in thatposition by the hooks 28. The chains 26, from their connection to theawning at 25, extend forwardly and override the bar 17 in the severalpositions of the awning.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that a very novel type of awningshutter has been provided. The structure is simple, cheap tomanufacture, is strong, durable and most effective for the covering anduncovering of a wall opening, such as a window. The awning is preferablyconstructed of sheet metal, such as aluminum, such being common withrespect to awnings of this character and permits the awning to be closedand opened from the inside of the building, without the necessity ofpulling the awning down from the outside. The fulcrum arms 18 and thebars 15 function to bias the awning to a fully raised position by thesprings 21 and the springs 21 are yielda-ble to permit the shutterawning to be swung downwardly to cover the wall opening and also biasesthe awning shutter to the open position, illustrated in FIGURE 1,

where the spring 21 is in substantial alignmentwith the arms 18.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the preciseconstruction shown, but that changes are contemplated as readily fallwithin the spirit of the invention as shall be determined by the scopeof the subjoined claims.

I claim:

1. A protective awning shutter mounted to swing toward or away from anopening in a wall, the shutter having a top wall, side Walls and a frontwall, a bracket attached to the wall adjacent to the wall opening, theawning being rotatably secured at its rear end within the bracket, a rodextending horizontally along the inner side of the awning, fulcrum barsat the opposite ends of the rod, each bar having one end attached to therod and its other end pivotally attached to one of the sides of theawning, links pivotally attached at one end to the rod, brackets on thewall and to which the opposite ends of the links are pivotallyconnected, at flexible linked member connected at one end to the innerside of the awning, said member passing over the rod, the wall having anaperture below the opening, the flexible member passing through theaperture, said member having a hooked element and the spring meansconsists of a plurality of coil springs attached at a first end to therod, brackets on the interior of the awning near the upper end thereof,the second ends of the springs being attached to said brackets.

References Cited UNI T ED STATES PATENTS 2,145,569. 1/1939 Jones 49347 X2,225,011 12/ 1940 Jones 49-7l 2,233,315 2/1941 Jones 49-347 2,873,4872/1959 Blanchard 49-7l KENNETH DOWNEY, Primary Examiner.

